BLACKVILLE, S.C. (AP) — For longer than anyone has recorded history, water has bubbled from out of the ground at a natural spring in what used to be deep woods about an hour's drive down a two-lane road south of Columbia.

As the U.S. government weighs its next step in a broader government response to a damaging cyber attack on Sony, President Obama ramped up his criticism of the Hollywood studio for its decision to pull back the release of “The Interview,” saying the...